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European Commission President wants to double current investment in 2020s

Freeing research funder from European Commission oversight will cut red tape, UK science academy says. The idea has some broader support among scientists

A report by the European Parliament’s science and technology options assessment panel calls for the Commission and member states to put more effort into bridging the geographical divide in research and innovation

“Any VC firm will tell you – meeting people is more important than the ideas,” says EU Research Commissioner

Bernard Bigot, director-general of the world's biggest nuclear fusion project, tells Science|Business the perpetually out-of-reach energy source is finally in sight – so long as Trump does not scale back US involvement

Universities in central and eastern Europe are optimistic about competing with their counterparts in the west for Horizon 2020 funding, but say catching up is a long-term process. Grants help, but capital investment in new research infrastructure is badly needed

With its future in Budapest remaining uncertain, the embattled university is making back-up plans

As natural stocks become depleted and overfished, the EU is looking to develop new, sustainable, forms of mariculture. The idea is beginning to attract entrepreneurs

Brussels makes strongest statement yet that it wants the UK in EU research programmes after Brexit, but says there can be no half in, half out arrangement on trade and EU agencies

Anja Karliczek has no background in research, though some welcome her outsider perspective. She will preside over a €2B increase in science spending over the next few years